GEOFF FARINA / CHRIS BROKAW

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Default This Promotions are delighted to be putting on two of our favourite artists.

CHRIS BROKAW
Codeine/Come/The New Year/The Thurston Moore Band

Chris Brokaw is one of the hardest working musicians in America and known throughout as a true gentleman. He is also a truely great guitarist also blessed with a deep soulful songwriting skill and a dry smokey voice.

He was a founding member of Codeine; the band that started the Slowcore scene in the late 80’s, then he formed Come with Thalia Zedek, and were one of the most seminal and influential post punk bands of the 90’s signed to SubPOP, Matador, and Domino.

He also drums in The New Year , plays guitar for Thurston Moore and Evan Dando and with a wealth of other high achieving acts. Chris Brokaw is a rare humble genius and one of the finest solo artists of our times. His second solo album 'An Incredible Love’ is regarded by many as one of the great records of all time; including BBC Radio 1’s Rob Da Bank!

http://www.chrisbrokaw.com
http://www.myspace.com/thechrisbrokawrockband

GEOFF FARINA
Karate/Secret Stars/Glorytellers


Geoff Farina fronts Glorytellers, but is probably best known for the abstract lyrics and genre-flouting guitar style he developed over his 12 years with Karate, or as one-half of The Secret Stars, the seminal early-90s duo that passed around home-made cassettes of songs now covered by the likes of Ida and Death Cab for Cutie.

Geoff is first and foremost a creative musician. In the past 15 years, he has composed for and performed on over 35 recordings, and performed more than 1000 concerts in 20 countries at events ranging from Denmark's Roskilde Festival to MTV Europe's Supersonic. Geoff has collaborated with many musicians and groups including Michael Zerang, Zu, Chris Brokaw, Dan Littleton, Luther Gray, Nathan McBride, Allan Chase, Taylor Ho Bynum, Rebecca Gates, performance artist Jed Speare, visual artist Jodi Buonanno, and dancer Alissa Cardone. Geoff has not played in the UK for 7 years so this will be a rare treat!

"Farina is an existential detective, dusting the surfaces of his life for traces of some deeper meaning, sifting through the ordinary to find some underlying connection." -Boston Phoenix

"Mellifluous jazz guitar, irresistible melodies, and heart-tuggingly understated vocals" -Time Out! London

"Geoff Farina plays languid jazz chords over a rhythm section that stretches his stream-of-consciousness torch songs into thrilling improvisations. When the guitar-tone and drum-kit duel of Cancel's coda subsides into the slow build of Sing, you know you're in the presence of greatness." -Sunday Times London


Come along, have a cup of tea/slice of cake and enjoy some of the finest music you'll hear all year.